The Importance Of The Ten Amendments
One of the most important parts of the Constitution is the Bill of Rights, also known as the ten amendments. The ten amendments were ratified December 15, 1791. The ten amendments were written by James Madison as a response for the great demand for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties (Bill of Rights...). Commonly violated amendments are the 5th, 6th, and 7th. Everyone has the right to be accused but us still innocent until proven guilty and cannot be tried for the same crime twice. Everyone has the right to a jury not just a judge in a speedy trial.
“ nor shall any person be subject for the same offence twice to be twice put in jeopardy of life of limb… nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process …show more content…
Luckily for the civil jury they were able to convict him for other offenses, he got away but yet again he didn’t. He’ll still spend a fair share of his life in prison. Whether the truth of the fact was said or not Simpson along with the rest of the world knows he’s in there for the murder of Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald. Along with not being able to be tried twice for the same offense Simpson was always innocent until otherwise proven guilty, along with another accused suspect. “After holding Tom at the scene for almost 90 minutes, during which he remained silent…” “At trial, the prosecutor argued Tom’s silence at the scene was evidence of his guilt…” These quotes come from a case of a man who had his right to remain silent basically taken away from him. In his time to remain silent, the court used it against him to say because he was silent he is guilty. They said it showed that he has something to hide because he had nothing to say at the scene of the crime. In this case it was worked backwards. At the beginning of the trial he was already said to be guilty but it was not yet proven. “Guilty until proven innocent. No evidence is necessary to order someone killed. Just the say so of the man with the gun” (Kaminski). The presumption of
“ nor shall any person be subject for the same offence twice to be twice put in jeopardy of life of limb… nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process …show more content…
Luckily for the civil jury they were able to convict him for other offenses, he got away but yet again he didn’t. He’ll still spend a fair share of his life in prison. Whether the truth of the fact was said or not Simpson along with the rest of the world knows he’s in there for the murder of Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald. Along with not being able to be tried twice for the same offense Simpson was always innocent until otherwise proven guilty, along with another accused suspect. “After holding Tom at the scene for almost 90 minutes, during which he remained silent…” “At trial, the prosecutor argued Tom’s silence at the scene was evidence of his guilt…” These quotes come from a case of a man who had his right to remain silent basically taken away from him. In his time to remain silent, the court used it against him to say because he was silent he is guilty. They said it showed that he has something to hide because he had nothing to say at the scene of the crime. In this case it was worked backwards. At the beginning of the trial he was already said to be guilty but it was not yet proven. “Guilty until proven innocent. No evidence is necessary to order someone killed. Just the say so of the man with the gun” (Kaminski). The presumption of